Node Smith, ND Higher coronary artery calcium levels in middle-age were associated with structural heart abnormalities linked to future heart failure, particularly among blacks, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, an American Heart...

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Rebel Herbs to Attend the Primary Care for Women Conference Award winning company to attend healthcare event in Portland Oregon
Bloomington, IN: (July 10, 2019) Rebel Herbs will be participating in the Primary Care for Women Conference, which is the third symposium in 2019 put on by the Institute of Women’s Health and Integrative Medicine. It is to be held from the 26th to 28th of July, and...
Dietary Supplements and Increased Risk of Severe Medical Events in Young Adults
Node Smith, ND Consumption of dietary supplements sold for weight loss, muscle building, and energy was associated with increased risk for severe medical events in children and young adults compared to consumption of vitamins, according to new research led by Harvard...
Pre-Hospital Anaphylaxis Treatment Guidelines May Need Reassessment
Node Smith, ND Treatment guidelines for managing anaphylaxis in children should be reassessed, according to a new Canadian study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. Managing anaphylaxis in children Involving nearly 3,500 patients,...
Antacids in Childhood Could Increase Risk for Bone Fractures
Node Smith, ND, Infants given antacids in their first year of life are more likely to fracture a bone later as a child, according to a new study published June 7 in Pediatrics. Infants given antacids in their first year more likely to fracture a bone later as a child...
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Concentrate on Fitness NOT Weight Loss
NODE SMITH, ND The prevalence of obesity around the world has tripled over the past 40 years, and, along with that rise, dieting and attempts to lose weight also have soared. But according to a review article published in the journal iScience, when it comes to getting...
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High Doses of Vitamin D May Not be Benefit COVID-19 – Prevention or Treatment
Node Smith, ND Scientists from the UK, Europe and the USA, including experts from the University of Birmingham, have published a vitamin D consensus paper warning against high doses of vitamin D supplementation. Insufficient scientific evidence shows vitamin D can be...
Role of Face Masks in Preventing COVID-19
Node Smith, ND A study by a team of researchers led by a Texas A&M University professor found that not wearing a face mask dramatically increases a person's chances of being infected by the COVID-19 virus. Not wearing a face mask dramatically increases a person's...
How Blood Vessels Sense Metabolic State of Neurons
Node Smith, ND The brain is our most energy-hungry and metabolically active organ. It is responsible for our thoughts, ideas, movement and ability to learn. Our brain is powered by 600 km of blood vessels that bring it nutrients and remove waste products. However, the...
Notes from the Field: April, 2020
JARED L. ZEFF, ND, VNMI, LAC The following is not an article prepared for a medical journal. Not every statement of fact is cited or referenced. This is a commentary on the medicine, a running set of observations about practice in the field. It’s not meant to be...
Patient/Physician Interaction Alone To Help with Heartburn Symptoms
A small study is showing that longer, more comprehensive interactions often found with complementary or alternative care may result in increased symptom relief from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) when compared to conventional medical visits. It is estimated...
Turmeric for Weight Loss
In the age of metabolic syndromes and a growing obesity epidemic, there is a great need to address this problem from all aspects. Diet and exercise are undoubtedly the first stop when it comes to weight loss but now new research is showing turmeric could provide a...
Importance of Identifying and Treating Magnesium Deficiency in Cancer Patients
Magnesium (Mg) deficiency is a common nutrient deficiency even in a generally healthy cohort of individuals. Cancer patients then have an increased risk of this nutrient deficiency as they are subject to possible gastrointestinal losses and drug-induced depletion....
23,000 Emergency Room Visits Yearly Attributed to Dietary Supplements
New England Journal of Medicine- Surveillance data from 63 emergency departments in the U.S. was examined from 2004 to 2013. Surveyors aimed to search adverse effects and visits due to dietary supplements, as national data is currently limited. Based on findings from...
3rd International Congress on Naturopathic Medicine
SIGN UP! REGISTER AT ICNM 2016 EARLY BIRD RATE. 3rd International Congress on Naturopathic Medicine ICNM 1-3 July, 2016, Barcelona, Spain. www.icnmnaturopathy.eu NDNR is proud to be an Official Media Partner of ICNM 2016 Annual Conference, the major International...
Nutrition for Athletes: Making a Case for IV Nutrient Supplementation
Drew MacKay-Timmermans Chase Etcheverry, NMD Vitamins and minerals, collectively termed micronutrients, play an essential role as coenzymes in all biochemical pathways in the human body. When exercise frequency, intensity, or duration are sufficiently high, metabolic...
Hormonal Equilibrium in Men: A Balancing Act
Rian Shah, ND Ah, the conundrum of naturopathic doctors using testosterone replacement in men… I hear the struggle all the time, and feel the resistance. Since I feel like this is an amazing tool that can help people reach optimal health, I will attempt to explain how...
Berberine: Mechanisms of Action & Clinical Use as an Antidiabetic Agent
Joshua Corn Andrew Erlandsen, ND Type 2 diabetes is a growing problem: as of 2010, 25.8 million Americans had diabetes, with an additional 1.9 million new cases diagnosed in adults each year.1 If current trends continue, 1 in 3 adults in the United States will have...
Tobacco Smoking: Impacts on Health and Tips for Cessation
Chris Habib, BSc, ND The Royal Society of Canada has described addiction as a strongly recognized pattern of behavior characterized by the repeated self-administration of a drug in quantities that recurrently produce reinforcing psychoactive effects, and one which...
Running Injuries & RIT: Relief from Chronic Pain
Hal Brown, ND, DC, RAc This article is based on a presentation I made at the 2015 BMO Vancouver Marathon Expo, in British Columbia, on the use of regenerative injection therapies for running injuries. For the purposes of this discussion I will include prolotherapy,...
Nutrition for Athletes: Making a Case for IV Nutrient Supplementation
Drew MacKay-Timmermans Chase Etcheverry, NMD Vitamins and minerals, collectively termed micronutrients, play an essential role as coenzymes in all biochemical pathways in the human body. When exercise frequency, intensity, or duration are sufficiently high, metabolic...
Hormonal Equilibrium in Men: A Balancing Act
Rian Shah, ND Ah, the conundrum of naturopathic doctors using testosterone replacement in men… I hear the struggle all the time, and feel the resistance. Since I feel like this is an amazing tool that can help people reach optimal health, I will attempt to explain how...
Berberine: Mechanisms of Action & Clinical Use as an Antidiabetic Agent
Joshua Corn Andrew Erlandsen, ND Type 2 diabetes is a growing problem: as of 2010, 25.8 million Americans had diabetes, with an additional 1.9 million new cases diagnosed in adults each year.1 If current trends continue, 1 in 3 adults in the United States will have...
Tobacco Smoking: Impacts on Health and Tips for Cessation
Chris Habib, BSc, ND The Royal Society of Canada has described addiction as a strongly recognized pattern of behavior characterized by the repeated self-administration of a drug in quantities that recurrently produce reinforcing psychoactive effects, and one which...
Running Injuries & RIT: Relief from Chronic Pain
Hal Brown, ND, DC, RAc This article is based on a presentation I made at the 2015 BMO Vancouver Marathon Expo, in British Columbia, on the use of regenerative injection therapies for running injuries. For the purposes of this discussion I will include prolotherapy,...
A Healthy Brain: Keeping Our Men Thinking Clearly with Age
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) Cognitive function is a reflection of a person’s overall health and wellness, including a decline. Normal cognitive decline consists of mild changes in the rate of information processing and new learning, as well as mild changes in...
From Culinary Lab to Table: Garnishing Conventional Therapies
Lisa Price, ND Appetizer: Wild Mushroom Pâté on Whole Grain Crackers Salad: Artichoke, Asparagus & Hazelnut Salad Entrée: Chili Paste Salmon cooked in coconut milk over Fennel Root Dessert: Brownies (no sugar) Beverage: Crisp Cranberry (coconut water with a splash...
Whack-a-Mole: The Future of Naturopathic Medical Education
David J. Schleich, PhD I’m hoping that by the end of the decade we might have amped up enough to catch up. Even then, though, we may still be worried about how to keep our naturopathic education programs fine-tuned to what is needed in the healthcare landscape. At the...
Body Fat in Men: A Measure of Leanness and Longevity
Richard Maurer, ND Sully, a 58-year-old adventurous and healthy man, shared his confusion with me at our first visit. His primary care doctor recommended a statin, on top of his current aspirin and beta-blocker, because of his heart disease risk and cholesterol. But...
Naturopathy’s Chicago Champion Dr Carl Strueh
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE To individualize, i.e., combine these various agencies [pure air, proper food, regular exercises, sunlight and baths] into a system, which conforms, with the condition of each individual patient, is the art of the physician. Carl Strueh,...
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PANDAS Connected to Sudden Obsessive-Compulsion Onset in Children
Node Smith, ND Yale scientists may have found a cause for the sudden onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in some children, they report. Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders, or PANDAS, were first proposed in the 1990s. Thought to be triggered by...
COVID-19 Lockdown Effect on Sleep
Node Smith, ND Stay-at-home orders and "lockdowns" related to the COVID-19 pandemic have had a major impact on the daily lives of people around the world and that includes the way that people sleep, two studies report June 10 in the journal Current Biology. Both...




